The Role of Genetics in Obesity

In this video segment from NOVA scienceNOW, meet researchers who are studying obesity and trying to understand the role that hormones and genetics can play in regulating appetite.

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Should We Grow GM Crops?

Learn the pros and cons of genetically modified (GM) crops, and cast your vote on whether they should be grown. From the FRONTLINE/NOVA: "Harvest of Fear" Web site.

Sick Around the World

From FRONTLINE Sick Around the World, this video explores what the U.S. can learn from other countries' health systems.

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The Smoking Section

Learn various perspectives on the issue of smoking in public places in New York City in this video segment from New York Voices.

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Solving a Public Health Problem

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students study a disease outbreak and the investigation that followed to understand the role that public health workers play in protecting the communities they serve.

Taking Action for a Clean Environment

In this media-rich, self-paced lesson, students explore activism, some of the tactics that youth activists may use to influence others and bring about change, and the characteristics activists possess.

The Teenage Brain

Why do teenagers act the way they do? This video segment from FRONTLINE: "Inside the Teenage Brain" explores the work scientists are doing to explain some of the mysteries of teenage behavior.

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Teen Fights for Toxic Waste Cleanup

Meet a student who successfully lobbied her state legislature about toxic waste sites in her neighborhood, in this video adapted from Earth Island Institute’s New Leaders Initiative.

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Teen Maps Contaminants from a Coal Plant

In this video adapted from Earth Island Institute, meet a high school student who educated her community about how a coal-burning power plant was contributing to asthma and other health problems there.

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Unintended Chemical Exposures

This interactive slideshow produced for Teachers' Domain features products and foods we use every day and explains why some of the chemicals they contain might be hazardous to our health.

The Vaccine War: The Growing Debate Over Vaccine Safety

FRONTLINE examines the growing debate over childhood vaccines in The Vaccine War.

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Viewpoints: Harvest of Fear

What do the experts say about genetically modified (GM) foods? Read these interview excerpts from the FRONTLINE/NOVA: "Harvest of Fear" Web site to find out.

West Nile Virus Outbreak in NYC

Learn how doctors in both the veterinary and human health fields unraveled the mystery of the deadly West Nile virus outbreak in New York City in this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival.

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